Mitt for spinning fishing reel

In combination, a fishing rod, a spinning reel having a bale mounted on the rod, a mitt for keeping a hand of a fisher warm while fishing with the rod and spinning reel, the mitt including a thermally insulated fabric shell, closure means for the shell for selectively opening and closing the shell, the shell when closed by the closure means having a size and shape to encircle the hand, the shell when closed by the closure means including openings for receiving (a) the rod so that opposite ends of the rod extend from opposite portions of the shell with a segment of the rod between the opposite portions being within the shell at a position to be gripped by the hand enclosed by the closed shell and (b) a strut connected to the segment and the reel so that the reel is outside of the closed shell;

• the shell including a finger positioned and constructed to (a) receive and enclose a digit of the hand while the hand is enclosed by the closed shell at the position where the hand grips the rod segment and (b) enable the digit therein to manipulate the bale.